Possible Heitman Errors

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Posted By: J Levine

There was nothing in Scot's post that I found negative. I am glad he is continuing the research that Heitman and Lipset had started. I absolutely respect both Heitman and Lipset but both are human and not gods and should be able to make mistakes. I make mistakes, you make mistakes, we all do. Part of the hobby is gaining knowledge and building upon what we others have started.

My specialty is T-205s and I recently asked for a copy of a Trader Speaks article Heitman authored on the T-205s...guess what, there were many errors in the article incl. his omission of Hindu backs, his inclusion of Sweet Cap. red fact. 25 (don't exist), and his two different colors of Soverign backs (I firmly believe it is just ink difference, not a true color variant). He also leaves out many variations that we recognize today.

Does that mean I am trashing the article (and Bill)...of course not, it is one of the only articles I have seen that actually states that the issue may be 1911 AND 1912. It also talks about scarcity and some of the variations toughness.

I applaud Scot for taking the hobby pioneers and working to better our knowledge.

-Joshua